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Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.
John Tukey
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Wrong
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An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem.
John Tukey
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Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values.
John Tukey
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Nationality:
American
Type:
Scientist
Born:
June 16
, 1915
Died:
July 26
, 2000
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